Hello all It's been a while since I posted, been busy catching up on back orders for IKON so that took up most of my time.
I finished Doombot's skeleton/frame and I took him apart to make molds so I can reproduce the parts in aluminum and carbon fiber and kevlar. Its gonna be one mean deadly machine.
Anyway in the meantime I created Dirgebot, a smaller, less menacing and simpler to program (less moving parts) machine that's somewhat kid-friendly (for me). I wanted something my kid can play with (she wont even go in the room where Doom was parked).
Anyhoo here is the progress. Depending on how this proto goes I may market this model as a complete, not a kit, but something that can be used out of the box with no guesswork. I'm looking for an ARC programmer who can work with me, in exchange for stake in the future company. I recently established Bertone Industries, LLC and I have access to a warehouse and it will be manufactured here in the US using rotocasting techniques. Please contact me if interested here: [email protected]. Thanks guys!
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This still uses the V3 board and a webcam, alongside the W3 Iconia mounted on its chest. I will upgrade soon. Please be nice to us dinosaurs! haha
He stands at 3' 4" currently.
Testing the arm
Head armature
Sketching the head
Chestplate attached
Nearly finished sculpt. I'm gonna make a tutorial for making molds and casting fiberglass panels. This head is gonna be produced in fiberglass, alongside the rest of the robot when the sculpting is done. Hope you all like it.
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@Marc, I can't tell you again how much I love that design.... The claw steals the show dude... Anyway I was thinking how you could improve the claws grip strength... Is there room on the back for another servo in parallel? Also, below is a worm gear (with a modified HS805bb giant scale Hitec) drive for inMoovs upper arm joints... Maybe something like this scaled down to use a regular servo? Just a thought...
@Richard R Yes there is room on the other side for a second servo if you want. As I progress on the build I'll put up more detailed pics.
Like I told you before I am going for simplicity in this build...I don't want to overwhelm future programmers by putting in too many DOFs...this guy is a workhorse not a dancer...
I dunno how much power you would need though, this test servo that's in the claw right now is just a standard servo...3 kg methinks? It grips just fine in the tests...however there are plenty of powerful hitec servos that cost a little more. The inside of the claws are gonna be sprayed with rubber undercoating so that increases the grip (stuff wont slip easy). However when you get your claws you can totally hack and mod it if you want...you're not gonna offend me by re-engineering my stuff at all...if you need extras just let me know...
Thanks about the design man...I thought the head was gonna be too small but it looks fine to me. I'm quite happy how this turned out.
I'm still thinking of a proper name for this guy.
The proportions are perfect Marc.... That bot is a winner.... I Gotta' remember the "kiss" principal and think simple and durable...
@Richard R I think a little trim on the inner shoulder will do...when that's perfect it's mold making time!
Always "KISS" (not the band). Why complicate things? The "art" part of my projects look complex but they always work simple and direct.
To those who don't know, KISS means "Keep It Simple, Stupid" or in my case, "Keep It Simple, Sexy" LOL
Lately I have been frustrated in my attempted builds... I want to start building more reliable and durable bots... My inMoov is great but it is complicated, fragile and somewhat of a maintenance who**.... That's what I love about your designs... Durable, powerful, low maintenance and as you put it "all heavy metal"... LOL... They appeal to my desire to have an everyday bot running around the house that needs no more maintenance than a common Roomba.... Recharge it, clean it and put it back in service....
Challenge yourself by shaving off the unnecessary stuff and simplifying instead of adding all kinds of party favors to make yourself look "fancy"... That's my pet peeve...bells and whistles *ugh. Try to make a killer robot using only the components in the dev kit...
This is what frustrated me with Doombot...however he is done and he is a secret...until I unleash him to punish my enemies
@Marc, always KISS (the band) works too... Throw Destroyer, Revenge or even COS on and even if you fail at least you fail to some good music
(that's not up for debate).
Or the real KISS way... license that bi**h for all it's worth
Back to the project, it's looking pretty damn awesome!
@Rich
"You got it dude!" (Michelle Tanner reply)
Hey, I'm still a businessman...of course this is all leading to something...
BTW, Destroyer and Revenge is where it's at!